Betting and chess games

On the desk, Wu Ci continued to calculate the data of the spaceship on the drawing paper, while Inès stayed in the fish tank beside his lap and played with the gems in the water. She stuck the gems on Wu Ci according to her preferences. They were all pictures of love and flowers.

There was no one else around, so it wouldn't affect his dignity too much. Therefore, he just used his brain as a supercomputer and used witchcraft to ignore her for the time being. He quickly calculated the huge and complicated data in his mind and wrote down every calculated answer on a piece of paper.

Ines, who was not getting any attention, climbed up to the edge of the fish tank and sat down to watch him write and draw.

Inès is a girl whose mind is empty except for beauty and pleasure, and she doesn't even know many words.

Ines could only recognize a few words on the drawing that Wu Ci showed her without hesitation. No matter how hard she tried to think with her beautiful head, she still couldn't understand the inexplicable algebra and prediction variables. She reached out to touch the chess piece that Wu Ci had casually placed on the desk and played with it. "What is this? It looks familiar."

"A token used by the Isaac family to mobilize the Crusaders."

Ines showed great interest in this chess piece that was as dazzling as a gambling chip. "Crusader? The new kid you just mentioned is a Crusader? He was the one who led the Crusaders to conquer Carnia? That's why I was sent to the Solomon Empire as a tribute."

"Yes, but they are all the emperor's orders. Unless their invasion affects everything else you have, I hope you won't make it difficult for them."

"Oh, it doesn't matter. I met you as a tribute, and everything is fine. I'm just unhappy because my father and sister in Cania are living too well..." At this point, Ines suddenly remembered something and raised the chess piece, and asked excitedly, "Can I use this to order the game again? This time, I must order them to attack the palace and burn, kill, and plunder!"

"Ines, this can only be used to prove your identity. Only a real "Isaac" can use this to control the Crusaders."

Ines's evil little fool thought for a moment, "Well... I allow that "Isaac" to be my new brother. When he comes back, if I let him die accidentally, can I keep this for him?"

"I'm afraid that won't work, Ines. The emperor will take this chess piece back." Wu Ci raised his hand helplessly and took the chess piece back from Ines. "Besides, the Isaac family is a saint. You can tell from the appearance of this token that it is related to the temple--"

Before he finished speaking, everything around him began to fade.

The wooden desk in the sunlight, the half-finished drawing on the desk, Inès in the fish tank next to it, the baby's breath planted on the terrace and the green ivy climbing up the wall, the white building, the sea of ​​flowers outside...even the fragrance of the flowers faded along with everything in sight.

Their fading colors dimmed everything, and soon their outlines began to blur, fading into pure white.

【Warning! Warning! 】

[Because you triggered the keyword before the special item related to the unknown existence, you have been noticed by the unknown existence! 】

[The unknown existence is too high! 】

[Because you have attracted His attention in the last round and experienced the "Erasure" ending, He has noticed your specialness when you appeared again this week]

【Warning! Warning! 】

[You have been forcibly pulled into the "Inner World. Chessboard"]

[Your simulation is in "personal advent" mode]

[Unexpected death in "Personal Advent" mode will lose "Simulation Drive Energy"]

[If you lose the "Simulation Drive Energy" at a high-level location, the chance of recovering it is no more than 2%, and the special nature of the simulator will be exposed.]

[Players please act with caution]

The grids that fell from the sky intertwined to form a huge illusory black and white square, turning the place where Wu Ci stood into a chess board composed of 64 black and white squares.

It's Sir Silver! Sir Silver noticed him!

Before Wu Ci's body could react, his heart suddenly jumped, transmitting the emotion of fear to his brain, trying to stimulate the body to produce various manifestations of fear.

Before the performance was put into practice, the brain immediately transmitted the instruction to keep everything as it was and not to show any weakness. So Wu Ci, who was still smiling a second ago, raised his hand and looked at the chess piece in his palm.

——Silver [Soldier]

He should have known earlier, he should have known earlier... In the first week, he saw the temple's logo with a chessboard, and there was news about Lord Silver and the so-called "we are all his chess pieces" from Micky... Knowing this information, he should have been alert when he got this chess piece.

Is it demonic energy?

…It was the evil spirit given by the Heavenly Venerable that was constantly destroying his body and causing him pain while eroding his brain, causing his subconscious mind to selectively ignore high-level beings with too much information content to prevent information overload…

Damn it! I was actually tricked by Tianzun...

And… unexpectedly… after getting this chess piece, I can’t even mention the term “holy temple”? The golden lotus buckle given by the Heavenly Lord is useless…

It was totally beyond Wu Ci's expectation.

Has Silver Sir's control over the world reached this point? He can still notice what happened in the previous episode?

Be careful with your words and actions… Be careful with your words and actions, you must remember this from now on, even if there is no one around you…

In Wu Ci's memory formatted due to his status as a heroic spirit, it seems that many people said that his tongue should be cut off to prevent him from speaking... Now that the outcome is like this, Wu Ci would rather have his tongue cut off.

But at this point, there is no point in using precious time to reflect on myself. I can only think of ways to break the impasse.

The simulator does not explain what will happen if the simulated drive energy is lost, so... the simulated drive energy must be preserved as much as possible...

Wu Ci looked around calmly and found that the place where he was standing was exactly the position of the chess piece in his hand.

A "soldier" in Baige.

He felt the gaze that was interested and deliberately free from the high-level information overload.

Wu Ci turned around instantly and looked up... Behind him, a huge, unclear silver-white shadow was sitting next to the chessboard.

It seemed as if it was just a phantom.

The shadow that has never moved and has no independent consciousness is tall, majestic, solemn and unchanging.

I don't know how long it had been, maybe many years, maybe just one second, on this empty and vast chessboard, the sound of high-heeled leather shoes colliding with the surface of the chessboard could be heard.

The costume was tight with calf stockings, gorgeous, with a gray sheepskin wig and a cape, and a silver crown made of black and white spotted fur and gems on the head.

The person who came was a familiar face, the father of Wu Ci's simulated identity.

"You are very interesting, so I put a small amount of consciousness into you, using the aristocratic face that is closest to you, adding his personality and humanity to communicate with you."

[Baron Forster] said: "I am the master of class and ignorance, the manipulator of gambling and chess. You can call me [Silver Lord]."

Wu Ci looked at Baron Foster's miserable face, and it took a lot of effort for him not to show disgust at his outfit and yellow teeth.

There's no need for me to be so considerate as to become the nobleman who has the closest relationship with him. Doesn't Lord Silver himself dislike it?

Wu Ci tried to speak sincerely, "It is you, my Lord. I am ready to convert to your way. It is my honor to be summoned by you. I wonder what will you send me?"

"I am very curious about your soul. There are traces of it being wiped out on your soul... but now you are alive and well... can you cross the long river of time? Can you hide it from me... and live your unhappy life again?"

As expected...

Wu Ci remained calm and smiled, "You must be joking. How could such a thing happen? I have never heard of it..."

Sir Silver interrupted him, "Are you related to other mysterious spirits? Is it Lady Anhun?"

Lady Anhun? The mysterious spirit that Black Cat and his friends worship? The main line of the witches?

Wu Ci has really nothing to do with Madam Anhun. Sir Yin didn't guess it was Tianzun, but had to guess that Madam Anhun was related to the soul. Could it be that Madam Anhun also has some control over the Western Continent during this time period?

Wu Ci thought about it and felt that this guess was indeed valid. The original witches all said that they were separated from Lady Requiem... However, according to the original witches, didn't Lady Requiem like the ignorant and docile souls after death under the rule of Sir Silver?

Then why does Sir Silver still suspect that Wu Ci is related to Madam Anqum?

The witch said every word, "I don't know."

"How about a bet? Let's see if you can survive this little game of chess." Silver Sir smiled, "Bet with your soul. If you lose, you can stay with me. I love taming restless souls the most."

【Warning! Warning! 】

The simulator displays prompts one by one at the right time:

[High-level beings cannot significantly interfere with the real world without special circumstances]

[The obstacles in the inner world are relatively weak, but it still belongs to reality. High-level beings cannot harm players outside the rules.]

[Players are requested to reject all unreasonable requests and exit the inner world as soon as possible]

The simulator showed good news, but Wu Ci's smile became more and more stiff.

There was a pressure on him, controlling his tongue and forcing him to speak under the strange gaze of Sir Silver: "Okay."

What's the point of the simulator reminding him? Although it can't hurt him directly, Silver Lord's bet can force him not to refuse... When he loses, will it be within the rules of the game?

Before Wu Ci could think, the chess pieces on the board began to move. The black pieces attacked him with irresistible pressure, but he could not leave the square on the board where he was.

This is to "eat" his chess piece!

He had a hunch that if his chess piece was successfully eaten, not only would the simulated identity die and lose the simulation driving energy, but his soul would also be trapped here forever because of the gamble and rules just now, unable to escape from the simulation.

[Illegal behavior has been detected at a high level. To protect the rights of players, the simulator is intervening]

【Successful intervention】

[It is detected that the player has already turned on the "Battle Scene Idle" mode in advance this week. You can pay an additional 1,000 Spirit Stones to change to the "Same-screen Text Simulation Mode"]

[After turning on this mode, the player can mobilize the main body to intervene in the chess game, and upgrade from a "chess piece" to a "chess player". At the same time, the simulated world continues to simulate as the chess game progresses, and the result of the simulation is determined by the result of the chess game. After winning the chess game, the player will successfully leave. If the chess game fails, the simulated identity dies and the main body will lose a lot of simulation drive energy.]

[Do you want to open it? ]

1,000 spirit stones were all the spirit stones Wu Ci got from the black cat. Because two of them had been used before, he also had to give some spirit stones that Tianjizi secretly gave to "Chu Ci".

If it is turned on, he will return to the time before liberation. But if it is not turned on, he will be left here forever.

Wu Ci hates all gambling, including his own gambling every time in a situation like this, but unfortunately, this world forces people to become gamblers...

"Open it," he whispered.